Tassilo and Sabine Lax World Champions Senior I Standard
Two titles of World Champions in two days, both won in Belgium. Tassilo and Sabine Lax, the new German Champions Senior I S, made their dream and the dream of many come true: becoming World Champions! The German runners-up, Jörg and Ute Hillenbrand, finished eighth in the semi final, although they could have reached the final according to experts. Federal Sports Director Michael Eichert shares the...
by Tobias Hock
Bronze medal for Skuratov/Uehlin at the World Cup Standard
1. Dmitry Zharkov/Olga Kulikova, Russia 2. Marco Cavallaro/Joanne Clifton, Italy 3. Anton Skuratov/Alena Uehlin, Germany 4. Yuri Petrov/Yana Kozhukhar, Ukraine 5. Lukasz Tomczak/Aleksandra Jurczak, Poland 6. Matej Kralj/Spela Kralj, Slovenia At the IDSF International Open Standard tournament the next day, Anton Skuratov/Alena Uehlin again took the third place behind Zharkov/Kulikova and Cavallar...
by Tobias Hock
Bröker/Schantora World Champions Senior II Latin
70 couples participated in the World Championship Senior II Latin in Antwerp. Five German couples reached the semi final, two of them entered the final. Georg Bröker/Susanne Schantora from Oberhausen successfully reached for the gold medal and are the new World Champions. Ullrich and Carmen Sommer finished fifth. Final: 1. Georg Bröker/Susanne Schantora, Germany 2. Manuel Ramirez/Julia Lopez, Sp...
by Tobias Hock
Training system of the DTV certified by the IDSF-Academy
In 2010, the IDSF-Academy conducted an extensive survey to assess the training systems and licence systems for coaches and adjudicators of all national member associations. In a first round, the systems of the following five associations have been certified by the IDSF and will henceforth serve as a basis for the granting of further adjudicator's and trainer's licences: - Austrian DanceSport Fede...
by Tobias Hock
Succession of federal coach OWT
At its meeting in Berlin on January 14-16, the DTV presidium among other things dealt with the succession of the recently deceased federal coach Oliver Wessel-Therhorn. It has been decided that in the future there will be a federal coach for the Latin and Standard section separately.
by Tobias Hock
Dancers of the year 2010
It took more than 25 hours to count all the ballots sent in for the choice of the dancers of the year 2010. In painstakingly hard work and under Sandra Overwaul's careful supervision, the following winners have been determined: Dancers of the Year: Andreas Hoffmann/Isabel Krüger, TSC Excelsior Köln Youth Dancers of the Year: Vadim Lehmann/Mariya Vakhnina, TC Seidenstadt Krefeld Team/Format...
by Tobias Hock
Thalheim/Spiesbach finish fifth at the World Championship Standard Freestyle
After a two-year break, the World Championship Standard Freestyle was held in Leipzig. Fabrizio and Lorena Cravero from Italy, winners of the last European Championship and strongly fancied by experts, won the tournament. Oliver Thalheim and Tina Spiesbach reached the final with a convincing performance and - just missing the fourth place - finished fifth. 1. Fabrizio and Lorena Cravero, Italy 2. ...
by Tobias Hock
World Championship Junior Latin in Riga and Grand Prix Latvia
At the World Championship Junior Latin in Riga, Vadim Lehmann/Mariya Vakhnina managed to reach the semi final and took the 11th place. Silas Kunkel/Merlene Gerstmann finished 17th out of 70 couples. 1.Vladimir Tkachuk - Polina Mamikina, Russia 2.Sergei Rozhkov - Marina Zakharova, Russia 3.Mihail Paraschiv - Diandra Aniela Illes, Romania 4.Artem Liaskovsky - Liana Odikadze, Israel 5.Karls Aniscenko...
by Tobias Hock
Grand Slam final: Ferruggia/Köhler remain undefeated
After the World Championship in Wetzlar, Benedetto Ferruggia/Claudia Köhler also won the Grand Slam final Standard in Shanghai, meaning that they have won every tournament in which they participated in 2010. In front of 1500 spectators, they dominated the field of the twelve world class couples in the Luwan Arena in Shanghai. After a tight decision, Simone Segatori/Annette Sudol, runners-up to the...
by Tobias Hock
l’equipe win the bronze medal at the World Championship JMD
"I love Dance" was the motto of the World Dance Week in in Mikolajki, Poland. On the last day, the International Dance Organization (IDO) chose the World Champions in the section Formation JMD: Modern Formation Juniors: 1. Canadian National Team, Canada 2. Rytmix Konin, Poland 3. l'equipe, Germany 4. Caro Dance, Poland 5. Radost Impuls, Czech Republic 6. Smartness, Germany Modern Formation Adu...
by Tobias Hock